Текст песни Route 40 (Live) - Leslie Fish

Come and ride the road that links the cities of the sun
It's the Tucumcari-Albuquerque-Flagstaff-Phoenix Run

Try that again

It's the Tucumcari-Albuquerque-Flagstaff-Phoenix Run

Got that, alright, Tucumcari, Albuquerque, Flagstaff, Phoenix
And points west

Bad times came and bad times went and left us here alive
Desert folk have histories of learning to survive
The troubles took the cities, and the rich farmland beside
But skipped our land as barren wastes, so here we all abide

Come and ride the road that links the cities of the sun
It's the Tucumcari-Albuquerque-Flagstaff-Phoenix Run

Pretty good
Got nine more verses to get it right

We had no oil worth digging for, just wide jojoba plains
The sun is like a hammer here and twice a year it rains
But we know where the waters hide and where the stock can feed
So we survived and prospered when the old world died of greed

Come and ride the road that links the cities of the sun
It's the Tucumcari-Albuquerque-Flagstaff-Phoenix Run

The pack trains and the wagons bring the goods down to the road
We dicker over prices, then we convoy up and load
Now some of us like steam wheels, and some drive alcohol
But when it comes to weapons, we've no arguments at all

Come and ride the road that links the cities of the sun
It's the Tucumcari-Albuquerque-Flagstaff-Phoenix Run

We drive out of the city and the desert floor unrolls
We meet the road repair crew, and pay them out their tolls
We swap them news and gossip through the CB on our way
And that's the only taxes that we're ever gonna pay

Come and ride the road that links the cities of the sun
It's the Tucumcari-Albuquerque-Flagstaff-Phoenix Run

Bless the cool of nighttime, though it makes the driving slow
The heat scopes warn of trouble long before the gangs can show
A couple rounds of rockets makes the bandits go away
And that's the last of trouble 'til the coming of the day

Come and ride the road that links the cities of the sun
It's the Tucumcari-Albuquerque-Flagstaff-Phoenix Run

The sun comes up in banners and the heat comes down like lead
Our heat scopes now are useless, and there's trouble up ahead
Some gang has set a road trap; do we fight or do we pay?
Hell, fire the big recoilless; we ain't paying tax today!

Come and ride the road that links the cities of the sun
It's the Tucumcari-Albuquerque-Flagstaff-Phoenix Run

We get to Albuquerque with our armor full of holes
But we've got all our cargo safe and the market street unrolls
We'll take our pay in car repairs, more armor, and more shells
For the next stretch goes to Flagstaff and that road's a dozen hells

Come and ride the road that links the cities of the sun
It's the Tucumcari-Albuquerque-Flagstaff-Phoenix Run

So now we've got a passenger, some kind of preacher man
Who sneers at our 'crude violence' and brags about his plan
To bring back laws and governments and all that whole shebang
Oh, put him on the tail-gun quick; here comes another gang!

Come and ride the road that links the cities of the sun
It's the Tucumcari-Albuquerque-Flagstaff-Phoenix Run

We stagger into Flagstaff late, all wounded, scarred and racked
We fought three gangs since morning, but our cargo's still intact
Our passenger is leaving; I think he's realized
That freedom's wild and woolly--we don't want it civilized!

Come and ride the road that links the cities of the sun
It's the Tucumcari-Albuquerque-Flagstaff-Phoenix Run

So pour the drinks, ye merchants, for the heroes of the road
We wouldn't swap our rolling lives for all the goods we've towed
So patch our wounds and armor, and make our ammo true...
For the next road runs to Phoenix, and that's a mother, too

Come and ride the road that links the cities of the sun
It's the Tucumcari-Albuquerque-Flagstaff-Phoenix Run

The Tucumcari-Albuquerque-Flagstaff-Phoenix Run